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Milan, Italy is an ancient city in northern Italy first settled in about 400 BC by Celtic Insubres. The settlement was conquered by the Romans in 222 BC and renamed it Mediolanum. Diocletian divided the Roman Empire, choosing the eastern half for himself, making Milan the seat of the western half of the empire, from which Maximian ruled, in the late 3rd and early 4th century AD. In 313 AD of Milan, which officially ended the persecution of Christians. In 774 AD, Milan surrendered to Charlemagne and the Franks.
During the Middle Ages, the city's history was the story of the struggle between two political factions: the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. Finally the Visconti family took power (signoria) in Milan. In 1395 Emperor Wenceslas made Milan a duchy, thus raising the dignity of the city's citizens. In the mid-15th century the Ambrosian Republic was established, taking its name from St. Ambrose, a beloved patron saint of the city. The two rival factions worked together to create the Ambrosian Republic in Milan. However, the republic fell apart in 1450 when Milan was conquered by Francesco Sforza of the House of Sforza, which ushered Milan into becoming one of the leading cities of the Italian Renaissance.
From the late 15th century until the mid 16th century, Milan was involved in The Italian Wars, a series of conflicts, along with most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice and later most of Western Europe. In 1629 The Great Plague of Milan killed about 60,000 people out of a total population of about 130,000, by 1631 when the plague subsided. This event is considered one of the last great outbreaks of what was a pandemic that ravaged Europe for
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Roman Republic 222-27 BC
Roman Empire 27 BC-AD 395
Western Roman Empire 395-476
Kingdom of Italy 476-493
Ostrogothic Kingdom 493-553
Byzantine Empire 553-569
Kingdom of the Lombards 569-774
Francia 774-843
Middle Francia 843-855
Duchy of Milan 855-1796
∟ part of the Holy Roman Empire from 962
Transpadane Republic 1796-1797
Cisalpine Republic 1797-1802
Italian Republic 1802-1805
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Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia 1815-1859
Kingdom of Sardinia 1859-1861
Kingdom of Italy 1861-1943
Italian Social Republic 1943-1945
Kingdom of Italy 1945-1946
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